Business Administration & Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, you may want to check out the program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 61 of them were business administration and management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

RPI Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

RPI Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how RPI performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	39
Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	172
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	1,847

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in business administration from RPI. This makes it the #742 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #114 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of RPI Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at RPI is $56,988. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 38% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from RPI. About 66% were men and 34% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at RPI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	33
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

RPI Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a master’s in business administration from RPI in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from RPI, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

RPI also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Retail Sales Supervisors	66,620	$50,640
Management Analysts	47,580	$111,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.